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David Stafford

David Stafford, 61, of Odessa, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.

David was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, driver, artist, welder, and IT Help Desk Technician.

He was born on June 16, 1964, in Lovell, Wyoming, the only child of the late Crate Stafford Jr. of Paintsville, Kentucky, and Bonnee Joellyn Walton of Cokeville, Wyoming.

David is survived by his devoted wife of 31 years, Kimberly Dawn Harmon Stafford; daughter, Sarica JoEllyn Stafford; son-in-law, Erick Aaron Vogt Stafford of Wichita, Kansas; son, David Dean Stafford of Odessa, Texas; two grandchildren, Luna Iris Stafford and Wren Didrik Stafford; and additional family and friends.

As a final act of service, David’s remains have been donated to research Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD), a rare autoimmune disease, with the hope of helping future generations.

A memorial service will be conducted later.

Corbin Ooka

Corbin Ooka, 36, passed away on January 11, 2026. He was born November 29, 1989, in Ogden, Utah.

Corbin was the beloved husband of his high school sweetheart Sylver Ooka, whom he married in 2011, and the devoted father of Willow (14), Sakora (12), and Oakland (5). A dreamer and entrepreneur, Corbin worked tirelessly to build a life centered on family, togetherness, and care for those he loved. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He loved snowboarding and being in the outdoors, he always thought of everything as an adventure.

He is survived by his wife and daughters; his parents, Joseph Ooka and Candice Bindrup; stepfather Steven Bindrup; siblings Christopher Ooka (Kari J. Ooka) and Porsha McCourt (Nathan McCourt); grandfather Bill Mead; nephews Ace, Diesel, Kayson, and Mccinnon; nieces Kembrielle, Kayzlee, Jemma, Scotland, and Rhylynn; and many extended family members and friends.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents Martin and Cheryl Foster and Thomas Ooka and Jana Mead.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 31 at 11 a.m. in the Schwab Funeral Chapel in Thayne.

Corbin’s final resting place will be at Bedford Cemetery in Bedford, Wyoming.

Though his wings were ready, our hearts were not. His memory and love will live on forever.

Terry Allred

In loving memory of 

Terry H Allred

April 1, 1940 through 

January 19, 2026

Terry H Allred, a man known for his kindness and enduring spirit, passed away peacefully in Logan Utah on January 19, 2026, surrounded by family.

A life began in Star Valley

Terry entered the world on April 1, 1940 in a scenic town of Afton Wyoming born to Doyle, J Allred and Gwenevere Hemmert Allred.Terry grew up in the rugged beauty of Star valley as his backdrop, inheriting a strong work ethic and community values that defined his parents lives.

Legacy and family

Through his 85 years, Terry was witnessed to decades of change, yet he remained grounded in his roots, planted during his youth in Wyoming . His journey eventually led him to Logan Utah. Where he spent his final days surrounded by the quiet beauty of cache valley.

He graduated from Utah State University with a masters degree in biology. In his professional life, he was a school teacher where he taught at Mountian Crest and North Cache middle school. He is remembered by those who knew him as a man of steady character, a teacher, an inventor, gunsmith and strong advocate for the animal kingdom. His passing marks the end of a long and meaningful chapter leaving behind a legacy built on foundations laid by Doyle and Gwenevere. He has survived by brothers Jon and Robert Allred and sister Annette Leavitt.

Services

Services were be held at Schwab’s mortuary on Saturday, January 24th 2026 in Afton, Wyoming.

Interment will be in the Afton city Cemetery.

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”

Fred Lamming

Frederick (Fred) Neal Lamming was born in Riverton, Wyoming on April 15, 1957. He passed away January 14, 2026.

Fred was proud to be a Wyoming native. He loved anything outdoors and was a positive steward of the land.  This passion led him to work for Teton County Weed & Pest in Jackson, Wyoming, and to creating his successful aquatic sustainability business, The Land Whisperer.

Fred met the love of his life, Tracey in 2005, and married on Christmas Eve 2017.

They loved travel, spending time in The Yucatán, South America, and Europe.

Their many road trips with Teddy, their Chiweenie, and constant companion, took them to California, Washington, Oregon, and ultimately St George, Utah, is where they would spend several months each year playing golf, making friends and eating sushi.

Fred’s love for Tracey and his family was always evident.  Fred and Tracey had a true partnership, with a bond of deep affection and mutual support that was evident in every word, gesture, and every quiet moment they shared.

Fred passed away surrounded by love, leaving behind a legacy of kindness and generosity. Fred lived with an open heart and giving spirit, always finding time to help others; whether waxing a ski, funding a scholarship, sponsoring a tournament, giving a ride or shoveling someone’s walkway. Fred had a way of making everyone feel valued and a part of his family.

Fred was an avid golfer, skier, and a talented artist.

His presence made life brighter. His smile could brighten any room, and his embrace carried a warmth that instantly put others at ease. He had a remarkable gift for making everyone feel that no matter the circumstances, everything would be alright. His absence will be deeply felt by all who were fortunate enough to know him.

Freddy’s heart was just too big for this earth.

He is survived by his wife, Tracey, brothers Bill (Marlene), Gary (Sue) Finch, Marty (Cecelia) Finch, his two sons, Andrew (Whitney), Karl (Laura), four grandchildren and many other special friends and family.

There will be a celebration for Fred this Summer at Star Valley Ranch.

Cassandra Clinger

Cassandra Judith Clinger was born April 30, 2002, in Jerome, Idaho to Jared and Cynthia Clinger.  She had four older sisters, and two years later she gained a younger sister.  As a young girl Cassie loved playing with her sisters and singing.

In 2005 the Clinger family moved back to Star Valley and settled in Freedom.  Cassie spent endless hours fixing range fences and herding range cows with her sisters and her dad.  She loved spending time with her cousins.

Cassie enjoyed basketball and volleyball, but her true love was music.  She loved playing the piano and the upright bass.  She was a very talented singer and enjoyed writing music.

Cassie worked at the medical clinic in Alpine and loved her job and coworkers.  She loved to give people hugs and make people smile.

Cassie fell in love with Christopher Moon, and they had three beautiful children.  The day she and Chris got married was one of the happiest days of her life.

Cassie was a strong advocate of mental health awareness.  She started a support group to help those struggling with mental health issues.

Cassie was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a strong testimony of the gospel.

Cassie passed on January 21, 2026.  She was preceded in death by her Grandpa Clinger and Grandma Swenson.

She is survived by her grandpa, Val Swenson; grandma, Judy Clinger Heap (Lael); parents, Jared and Cynthia Clinger; sisters, Alexa Edwards, Christy Clinger, Jamie Kimball (Gavin), Karli Clinger, and Jessica Clinger; sons, Cache and Charlie Moon; and daughter, Claire Moon.

She will be greatly missed by all those with whom she associated.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 1 p.m. in the Freedom Ward Chapel. A Viewing will be held on Friday, January 30 from 6-8 p.m. at the Freedom Ward Chapel and from 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m. prior to the service at the church.

Gabriel Daniel

Gabriel Glenn Daniel was born on November 6, 2004, in Rexburg, Idaho. From the very beginning, Gabe made an impression, he arrived with the longest brown hair that would have made any little girl jealous.

Gabe spent his elementary school years in Etna, Wyoming, where he developed a love for spelling and geography. He didn’t just enjoy them, he was good at them. Gabe competed and excelled in spelling and geography competitions throughout elementary and middle school.

A lifelong fan of sports, Gabe participated in football and soccer for a couple years. While he enjoyed playing, he truly found his niche in high school when he began doing sideline reporting for SVI Media. Covering several different sports allowed him to combine his love of athletics with his natural curiosity and ability to connect with people.

Gabe also excelled in Speech and Debate. It was during his high school years that his personality really began to shine. Competing in the humor category, he was so talented that he earned the opportunity to compete at the national level. Along the way, Gabe learned an important lesson—that being someone’s friend never required him to be anyone other than himself.

Following graduation, Gabe was called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chihuahua, Mexico. He absolutely loved the Mexican people. His testimony of the Atonement of Jesus Christ became the most important thing in his life, and each day he sincerely tried to become more like Jesus Christ.

Gabe was never afraid to share that he returned home early from his mission due to mental health challenges. He was a bit of a perfectionist. While that was the official reason for his early return, his family now knows it was Heavenly Father lovingly guiding him home. Just two weeks after returning, Gabe began to feel sick, and a few weeks later he was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma. After spending a month in the hospital, he was stable enough to come home.

What followed was a daily battle with cancer-related pain that lasted 16 months. During that time, Gabe completed nearly 60 weeks of chemotherapy and underwent several rounds of radiation.

Even in the midst of the pain and trials, Gabe touched countless lives. He believed some of the reasons he was given this challenge was to learn how to be happy, have more meaningful relationships with others, and to become more like the Savior. He never complained about the “why.” Instead, he took time to get to know every housekeeper who cleaned his room, every nurse who cared for him, and every doctor who worked to help him. Gabe’s mission continued—helping others feel loved and feel the love of the Savior. People were drawn to him because of his kindness, his radiant smile, and his genuine faith in Jesus Christ.

Gabriel is the beloved son of Jeremy and Sarah Daniel. He is survived by his loving parents and his siblings: Maggie, Cooper, Emma, and Talmage, all of whom adored him.

He passed away on January 23, 2026 in his home. Gabe’s mission is not done. Family and friends know that Gabe continues to share his radiant smile and kindness with all people—same mission, just in a different place.

Funeral services for Gabriel will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 276 W. Dana Street, Thayne, Wyoming, 83127. A viewing will be held at 10:00 a.m., followed by funeral services at 12:00 p.m.

Thad Brown

Michael Thad Brown was born on April 17, 1968, in Afton, WY, to Michael and Connie Brown, the oldest of 5 children followed by Tyler, Ashley, Kaydene and Brock. He embraced the role of big brother with love, guidance, and quiet strength.

Thad’s early years were spent on the family farm in Auburn, helping with the cows, milking, and feeding, but if you know Thad, then you know he had a love/hate relationship with those SOB cows and always urging his dad to sell them. He found the most joy on a big tractor in the summer, preparing the fields for harvest, then hauling and stacking hay for winter. During the winter months Thad and Tyler would tag-team to harness the team of horses to pull the feeding sleigh, neither of them quite big enough to reach by themselves.

When he was 12, he started helping the neighbor farm their land as well.  It was commonly stated that at such an early age, Thad had a gift for running large farm equipment both on the meadow ground and the hills of Auburn.

He played basketball in 7th grade Junior High team, he also played 8th grade football. After school sports he played church sports.  He was the pitcher for the Auburn Ward Softball team. Like Thad’s skill set with machinery, he also excelled in playing sports.

He started out with a little motor bike which eventually became a bigger one, and then an even bigger one.  This was the case for his snowmobiles, started out small and worked his way to the biggest and fastest…he was always looking for something bigger and better.  As soon as he turned 16, he was determined to buy his own truck.  He had saved and saved all his money to be able buy his first truck, despite his mom and dad’s opposition to it.  They didn’t think that a truck was necessary until he was out of high school.  His trucks and toys quickly became his pride and joy, though not always new but very nice and well maintained by him.  He carried the same philosophy of bigger and better with his vehicle purchases.

School was never a priority for Thad.  After fifth grade, he was never really excited about school from that point forward.  Michael shared that it was for the love of Connie and Uncle Nord Wilkes that Thad was able to graduate high school.

Thad experienced a terrible accident over Labor Day Weekend in 1986, just months after his graduation. He had fallen asleep while driving back from Alpine and ran off the road hitting an approach and launched him and a friend over a house landing in the front yard. Somehow, they got out of the burning truck and Thad carried his friend to the nearby house for cover until help arrived.  A passerby saw the fire and called in for emergency help. They were both seriously hurt and taken to the local hospital. Thad suffered severe facial lacerations and a badly broken ankle.

Thad began working for his uncle Francis Brown at CBS logging operating a skidder, bringing the logs to the log deck. He had obtained his CDL and started driving semi, he made several runs to various places for CBS. He later worked for Crit Dory Logging and traveled to various forest locations and really enjoyed being in the mountains, especially Greys River.  His Uncle Francis always praised Thad for his ability to operate various types of equipment and did it better than anyone else he knew. He could run it and take care of it.  Over the years you could find Thad on one of Uncle Francis’s big tractors pulling a plow or drill and combining harvesting the grain in the fall.

Winters for Thad were spent snowmobiling with friends and other family members. He of course had to have the best and fastest at the time. He spent a lot of time up Greys River making a yearly trip or two to the Box Y Guest Ranch, having a great time with great friends. Thad tried his hand and hill climbing, he had stock and mod sleds that he spent a lot of time and money on. He won “King of the Hill” at the Hogsback competition in Logan UT. He would participate in local drag races put on by various snowmobile groups; he was one of the founding members of the Ridge Riders Group. When he decided to give up the hill climbs, he told mom he was selling his sleds to buy her a ring.

At the young age of 27, Thad took on the role of fatherhood of 4 kids, which was uncharted territory for him, but he took it on with pride and commitment to make things work.

Thad married Tracy Titensor on July 29th, 1995, bringing a package deal with her 4 children, Quinten Ray, Bobbie Jo, Teri Leigh and Alex Ann. They made their home in Afton. During these early years Thad was working for Dory Logging and spent his weeks away from them, that was hard for him to be gone.

Thad held many jobs over the years, some taking him beyond the valley he called home. He embraced every experience, finding pride and purpose in his work and joy in honing his craft.

Thad and mom enjoyed their summers taking care of their home, helping on the farm, camping and 4-wheeling with family and friends. Springtime meant branding and tagging calves, a time shared with all the nieces and nephews, brothers and sister.

Every Labor Day weekend was reserved for the Orton family reunion, the grandkids of Grandma Brown jokingly started calling it the Brown reunion because so many Brown family members made the annual trip. It was a special time, full of stories, laughter, treasure hunts and catching with cousins, aunts and uncles.  For years, the highlight was a big, very competitive horseshoe tournament. It was pretty much an all-day event, with everyone losing track of time and more than once, pushing back the start of the next meal.  In more recent years that tradition turned into cornhole tournaments.   The games happened on and off throughout the day, depending on the heat and whether there was enough shaded space to move the boards.

They had enjoyed trips to Hawaii, Mexico and Alaska, mom enjoyed them a lot more because these places all included a plane ride to get there and Thad was not a fan, but always with a smile for mom’s sake and with great friends.

They enjoyed a couple of large 4-wheeler trips to Ferrin, UT and Wallace ID., These trips created many new friends while strengthening others.

Thad cherished the times spent camping with the kids when they were below the age of 16, after that they were not fans.  He would go through the trailer helping us understand the water system of the camp trailer.

#1 the water tank doesn’t last forever, so you must be careful how much you use in the toilet

#2 when you brush your teeth, wet your toothbrush turn the water off, brush then rinse, QUICKLY

#3 showers were not a luxury we could enjoy so you better stay somewhat clean, if you did get dirty the creek was pretty close by, so grab your soap and towel and get after it,

#4  last and most important turn the dam pump off,

Whenever us kids needed help or came to him with questions looking for guidance, he was always willing to assist where he could.

Thad was the best grandpa anyone could ask for and welcomed this new assignment with grace and gratitude. He loved spending time with them, taking them on 4-wheeler rides, taking them over to Auburn to ride on the horses while he led then around the pasture. They were all his little buddies, and he always made sure the first born got their John Deere shirt or dress. As the grandkids got older and involved in dance, school and city league sports, he was there to support them as much as possible.

Thad and mom were able to purchase a little piece of desert in Scenic AZ, he enjoyed being there with her as much as he could, his work did allow him to travel back and forth. They have spent the last 4 winters there enjoying side-by-side rides around a little loop he had found and scoping out different areas around Scenic.

After Grandpa Titensor passed away, mom thought she needed a dog, Thad tried his best to veto that, “she didn’t need one”, but mom won out. That first night home, the plan had been to kennel-train the dog. But the moment Thad looked into the eyes of that little puppy, the plan was forgotten. He was smitten—and the puppy slept that night exactly where he belonged, right in the middle of them. Thad loved Jett, always worried about every little hiccup or misstep.

When Thad was having to travel back and forth it was met with long goodbyes, lots of rub downs, kisses and tears at the thought of leaving Jett, after all that then mom got a goodbye kiss and travel safe before heading out the door. When heading out the door Thad would tug on the door handle more times than was really needed to make sure all was safe and secure behind it.

Mom taught Thad how to use Zoom so when they talked long distance he could see the DOG, oh and mom, from his phone.  They would talk for a few minutes and most times he would call right back and have a few more things to say, always reminding mom of the routine for Jett. Thad didn’t know for a long time that mom had a camera at the Afton house, she could check in and see him anytime she wanted, which she did often. He had deep concern for her well-being as well as everyone around him.

Mom and Thad had big plans for the future, as retirement was on the horizon, 30 years, 5 months, 2 weeks, was truly not long enough to share a life filled with love, memories and unconditional devotion.  Thad believed in living life to the fullest, and he did exactly that.

Thad is survived by his wife Tracy, kids, Quinten Ray (Apryl) Cazier, Hayden and Maddy Cazier, Bobbie Jo (Robbie) Shedd, Teri Leigh (Clay) McNeel, Austin, Owen, Clair and Carmen, Alex Ann (Cole) Perry, Eryka, Camry and Berkley

His Mom and Dad, brothers, Tyler (Jana Lyn) Brown, Ashley (Heather) Brown, sister, Kaydene (Brian) Andrews, brother Brock (Renae) Brown, many nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles.

He is preceded in death by his Grandpa and Grandma Brown, and Grandpa and Grandma Johnson.

Father and Mother-in law ElRay and RaKell Titensor, and Tyson Roger Cazier.

Those wishing to honor Thad may do so through a donation at The Bank of Star Valley to the account “Thad Brown in lieu of flowers”.